New book with coming out with good Vespa and Lambretta images

Published in October 29th, 2009

Posted by Andrea in Lambretta History, Vespa History

There’s a book coming out soon that looks like it has some really neat, historical images that include Vespa and Lambretta scooters. The book was originally relased in 1959 and to celebrate the book’s 50th anniversary The Aperture Foundation has revised and will be republishing it.
From the publisher’s web page “In 1956, a 28–year [...]

Cool British Scooter documentary

Published in March 24th, 2008

Posted by Andrea in Scooter History, Scooter Rallies, Video

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I think I saw this documentary from British TV Channel 4 but until Vinny posted it up on one of the forums I frequent I had totally forgotten about it. Thanks for the reminder Vinny. It is not ‘alf bad. The You Tube poster put it up in 3 parts, due to You Tube length [...]

Innocenti Factory in Milan, February 2008

Published in February 23rd, 2008

Posted by Andrea in Lambretta History

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Two dutch guys, Bart and Rene, who are into Urban Exploring, visited what remains of the abandoned Innocenti factory in Milan this month and took some photographs of its current condition. Bart reports ”Demolition has just started, so we came just in time!”.
The factory buildings covered a huge area, and other parts of it have been [...]

New York Police Scooters, Vespa and Lambretta.

Published in February 23rd, 2008

Posted by Gene in Lambretta History, Scooter History, Vespa History

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It’s funny how things go around. 20 years ago Police scooters were bought by scooterists mostly to strip for parts or to use as a base for a restoration.
The first police scooter ScootersO ever found was a Lambretta TV200. The markings were hard to see under the poorly painted side panels.
After that first one, other [...]